Saturday, July 26, 2014

What I am reading 7/26/2014

It works as follows: in the event of an impending lane closure, drivers should fill in both
lanes in equal measure. Within a few car lengths of a lane ending, both
lanes' cars should take turns filling in the open lane and resuming
full speed.

If roads are clear enough that everyone is already driving close
to the speed limit, zipper merging isn't as effective, but in the case
of congestion, Johnson said that this method reduces backups by a
whopping 40 percent on average, since both lanes approach the merge with
equal stake in maintaining speed. "When the queue backup is reduced,
the access points behind a work zone, like signals or ways to get
on and off the freeway, those aren’t blocked," Johnson pointed
out. "People have a better opportunity to get off or on the system at
that point.

Another little note on this selection of books - Given that it was compiled by Cory Doctrow I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised to see that he didn't try and squeeze his novels "Little Brother" and "Homeland" into the non-fiction category.
Endgadget - Ulysses is coming to life thanks to virtual reality -

It's such a challenging read, that a developer thought it best to create
some sort of a virtual reality world based on the piece that can be
accessed through an Oculus Rift
headset. Irish filmmaker Eoghan Kidney has launched a crowdfunding
campaign in hopes of raising €4,000 ($5,400) for the project.

About Me

52 year old white male oozing privilege and advantage, if you find that sort of thing sexy. But, I care about the less fortunate if you don't. Either way I'm an idiot so take it all with a grain of salt.